Before I became a Mac person in January 2008, I was doing all of my multitrack recording in Sonar.  Since then, however, I've been a faithful user of Digital Performer, starting with version 4.5, and now up to version 7, which is proving to be the most stable so far.   I preferred DP initially because of it's groundbreaking integrated graphic pitch correction, something that's become inevitable in vocal jazz, particularly with my own singing on demos (not Julia's, however...she's just that good!). I learned about Celemony's Melodyne around October 2008, and I haven't looked back since, as it's the most natural, easiest-to-use, most stable way to pitch correct on the planet, I believe.  And the new Melodyne editor, with it's mind-blowing polyphonic pitch detection and correction, is just insanely empowering.  I won't go too far down this road in this reply, but if you happen to be interested in talking more about project studio production, please post to the forum and start a thread. I'd love to contribute, as will others, I'm sure.

Last updated on January 17, 2010 by Kerry Marsh